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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Applicant:
Jerome T. Hartlaub, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Jerome T. Hartlaub, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatically adjusting drug infusion rate to optimize treatment therapy. The implantable medical device can communicate with a database or algorithm controlled by a caregiver or physician. Thus, the caregiver may request a therapy change (e.g., infusion rate versus time, pump clock settings, etc.) or a therapy management module may automatically activate the therapy change at some future time for convenience, or for technical or clinical reasons.